The deep seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction, or what is referred to as “the Area,”
is the common heritage of humankind, safeguarded by mandating the International Seabed …

Mars has been subject to repeated waxing and waning episodes of extreme chaotic
obliquity (axial tilting) for at least four billion years. Obliquity is currently at 25.19 degrees …

Life at hydrothermal vent sites is based on chemosynthetic primary producers that supply
heterotrophic microorganisms with substrates and generate biomass for higher trophic …

Introduction Antarctic Porifera have gained increasing interest as hosts of diversified
associated microbial communities that could provide interesting insights on the holobiome …

Forms resembling sponges or coral were photographed in Gale crater, Mars by the Curiosity
rover 'Mars Hand Lens Imager'(MAHLI) on sol 3396 that may represent the result of either …

Biogeochemical cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in the ocean depends on both the
composition and activity of underlying biological communities and on abiotic factors. The …

Ecotones have been described as “biodiversity hotspots” from myriad environments, yet
have not been studied extensively in the deep ocean. While physiologically challenging …

Marine heatwaves are increasingly subjecting organisms to unprecedented stressful
conditions, but the biological consequences of these events are still poorly understood. Here …

Shrimps of the family Alvinocarididae, endemic species to deep sea chemosynthetic
ecosystems, harbor epibiotic microbes on gills which probably play important roles in the …

Evidence of hydrothermal venting on the ultra-slow spreading Gakkel Ridge in the Central
Arctic Ocean has been available since 2001, with first visual evidence of black smokers on …